Posts in Tag: national parks
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Bonne Bay – Discover Newfoundland’s True Fjord
The word ‘fjord’ has magical qualities that evoke deep Scandinavian ocean inlets surrounded by massive cliffs that are considered, rightly so, as some of the most beautiful landscapes on this planet. People pay big bucks to take cruises into these fjords on lines like Viking and Norwegian, but did you know that Newfoundland has a […]
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Gros Morne Mountain – To Climb or Not to Climb
In the last post I described the reasons why the Tablelands is a must visit site in Gros Morne National Park. In this post I will discuss the pros and cons of tackling another famous landmark in the park, Gros Morne Mountain. However, before we leave the south side of Bonne Bay there are two […]
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The Tablelands – Walking on the Earth’s Mantle
In the previous post I did a mile high overview of what to expect from a visit to UNESCO World Heritage Site Gros Morne National Park. In this post I’ll get into the specifics of a number of the park highlights that can be found on the south side of Bonne Bay, most notably the […]
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Gros Morne – Introducing A Canadian Treasure
It’s taken several days and six posts since we landed at Port aux Basques, but Alison and I have finally arrived at Gros Morne National Park which I truly believe to be a national treasure that every Canadian should visit at least once in a lifetime. Join us over the next few days as we […]
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Fundy Golf Course Hole by Hole
Alison and I arrived in Alma, the gateway to Fundy National Park after driving the Fundy Trail Parkway which has now been completed from St. Martins through to Sussex, as part of our continuing fall golf expedition to New Brunswick where we will play the Fundy Golf Course. Arriving here brought back fond memories from […]
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Greenwich Dunes – The Best of PEI
This is my sixth post from a recent golf trip to Prince Edward Island, but Alison and I have been doing much more than just playing golf. During our stay in Mill River we took the time to explore some new destinations along the North Cape Coastal Drive in western PEI. While at Brudenell River […]
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Manuel Antonio – Costa Rica’s Most Popular Park
This is the first true post on the Adventures Abroad’s 2020 tour of Central America led by guide extraordinaire Victor Romagnoli. In my last post I extolled some of the virtues of the Costa Rican capital, San Jose before joining up with the rest of the group who began this tour with Victor in Panama a […]
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White Sands – New Mexico’s Snowy Desert
Our journey through New Mexico continues with a stop at Roswell, site of the alleged crash of an alien spaceship in 1947. The International UFO Museum & Research Center sounds like a pretty serious institution, but in reality is actually a hokey tourist trap with plenty of photo ops with ETs of all kinds. From […]
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Carlsbad Caverns – Absolutely Nothing Like It
I’ve been visiting caves and cave systems around the world for many decades and thought I had seen some of the best, for example the caves of Nerja, Spain which I wrote about in this post and described as phantasmagorical, which they are. But, until you’ve been to Carlsbad Caverns and experienced the excellent way […]